Question follow-through · 40036

Business: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including measures to require boards to report on cyber resilience in the draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
27 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including measures to require boards to report on cyber resilience in the draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    All large and medium-sized companies are already required to report on their material risks within their annual strategic report, including on cyber risk where this is a material risk. Recognising the important strategic role that boards of directors play...

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